Hayabusa capsule reentry plan

Sat Jun 12, 2010 at 07:22 UTC

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) assessed the trajectory of Hayabusa and confirmed that it was nominal.

JAXA will implement the capsule reentry plan. Hayabusa system is going well.

The following are main capsule reentry plans:

Credit: JAXA

Source: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
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